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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 1919.

1,3 5,7 7, Patnted Apr. 6, 1920.1

' ww/wefl To all whom it may concern:

GEORGE E. KRAUsn oF CANTON, OHIO.

BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application filed December 12, 1919. Serial No. 344,335.

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. KRAUSE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at anton, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, have invented. a new and useful Box, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to boxes and more especially to boxes formed ofsheet metal and designed to contain small articles such as medicinaltablets or the like and more particularly to boxes of this characterprovided with means whereby the lid may be easily and readily removedfrom the box.

It is of course Well known that a great majority of small sheet metalboxes such as are generally used for medicinal tabletsyand the like arevery hard to open and' o ften when the lid is removed from the box. itrequires such an effort on the part of the user that the tablets orother contents 'of the box arespilled and it is very common practice forpersons buying such articles to ask the druggist or storekeeper to placethe tablets or other articles in a paste board box or' paper .envelop inorder that they will not have the difiiculty of removing the box lid inorder to have access to the contents thereof.

The objects of this invention are to provide a sheet metal box of thecharacter described with a removable lid and means the construction ofboxes of this character. 7

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

7 and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it beingunderstood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minordetails of construction may be made within the scope of the appendedclaim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the. invention. The invention thus set forth in generalterms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,in which- Fi re 1 is a sectional view through a box embodyin theinvention showing lid the close positions the . ing a means of cuttingthe boxes to economize the material.

A. practical embodiment of the invention I is disclosed in theaccompanying drawings, -gforming a part of'this'specification in whichunilar numerals of reference indicate cor- -;responding parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring first to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 abox is illustrated which may be opened by pressure upon one end of thebox and lid. The box .1 is formed'of sheet metal preferably rectangularin shape and provided upon opposite longitudinal sides 'near one endwith the upwardly protruding lugs '2 upon which the under surface of thelid 3 rests when the box is in the closed osition.

When it is desired to open't e box illustrated in the figures abovementioned it is only necessary to grasp the end of the box adjacent thelugs 2 between the-thumb and fingers and exert a slight pressurethereon, causing thelid to rock'upon the lugs 2 into the positions shownin Fig. 2 raising the other end of the lid sufliciently to allow itsbeing easily removed.

It should be noted that this operation will not suddenly remove the lidfrom the box and jar the box in any way to. allow the contents of thebox to spill therefrom. This overcomes the difliculty found in boxes ofthis character which are now in general use wherein-considerable effortis required to openthe lid orremove it from the box, the contentsof thebox being often spilled in the process of opening the lid.

In Fig. 5 is illustrated a portion of a.

box which may be opened from either end,

the box 1 being provided upon each longi- -tudinal side edge with a pairof spaced lugs 2, one of said lugs being located near each end of thebox, the lid 3 when in the closed. position rests upon both of theselugs and may be removed in themanner illustrated in Fig. 2 by a pressureupon either end thereof rocking the lid upon the lugs adjacent the endat which the pressure is applied.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated a still further modification in which the box 1is provided upon each longitudinal edge with a central lug 2* extendingto a point near each extremity of the box, the lid 5 resting upon thislug when in this closed position. By applying pressure to either end ofthe lid it will be rocked upon the lug 2 the operation being the same asin the device shown in Fig. 3.

It will thus be seen that a. box is provided in which the lid, althoughfitting snugly upon the box, may be easily and readily opened andremoved therefrom by applying a slight pressure upon the end portions ofthe box and lid causing the lid to be raised at the other endsufficiently to allow its easy removal from the box preventing the lidfrom suddenly flying open and the contents from the same being easilyspilled.

The box formed as above described and illustrated in, the accompanyingdrawings may be easily opened by any one, no skill being required toremove the lid from the box. It will be seen that a person may easilyopen this box although wearing gloves at the time, it not beingnecessary to remove the gloves in order toopen the box as is generallynecessary in the usual box of this character.

Although the box is illustrated as being of oblong shape it will ofcourse be understood that the invention may be applied to a square boxor to an oval box with the same result, no change in the invention beingnecessary to apply it to boxes of this shape. Although the drawings andabove specification disclose the best mode in which 1 have contemplatedembodying my invention I desire to be not limited to the details of suchdisclosure, for, in the further practical application of my invention,many changes in form andconstruction may be made, ascircumstancesrequire or experience suggests, without departing from the spirit of theinvention, within the scope of the appended claim.

, I claim:

A rectangular sheet metal box, having "vertical side walls provided withstraight

